Ekwueme collapses at home, admitted in Enugu hospital

Second republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, has collapsed on tuesday night around 2am at his residence in independence layout,enugu and is currently at the Intensive Care Unit of Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery, by Penok petrol station in Trans-Ekulu, Enugu State this incident comes barely 10 days after he celebrated his 85th birthday.

A relative said he was trying to get something from the table when he suddenly collapsed and immediately someone raised the alarm, we tried to revive him while being careful not to attract neighbours and that he went into coma soon after he collapsed

He added, we rushed him to a hospital in GRA (Government Reserved Area), but we were referred to Memphys Hospital by medical consultants who had critically examined his condition.The source said that the family chose to keep the incident secret for a while with the hope that Ekwueme would “miraculously” come out of coma.